Riccobono Triples Up
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Three players on Table 15 were looking at a flop of 
and Al Riccobono (bb) moved all-in for 120,000. Jon Borenstein flatted, then Doug Shirk jammed over the top, forcing Borenstein to fold and successfully isolating the shorter stack.
As it turned out, Riccobono was ahead with 
for the flush draw with King-high. Shirk had 
for a lesser flush draw.
The 
appeared on the turn, completing the flush and shipping the pot to Riccobono, who tripled up to ~400,000. Shirk was left with about 200,000 (after surrendering on a subsequent hand).
As if this table wasn't already hard enough, Greg Fishberg got moved into LJ Sande's old seat. He was all-in for ~200,000 and got no takers, picking up some dead money, blinds and antes, and is up to ~260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | |
|
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|
260,000 | |
|
235,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
200,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
76,000 | |